Questions about the GRE

[serene]

If you took the GRE, how did you prepare for it?

If you used their official practice test, how well did it represent what you actually saw on the test?

Any advice for me from GRE veterans?

(I'm taking it in September. So far, the prep materials make me think I have a good chance of doing well on it, but I welcome any caveats or tips.)

Comments

[merielle]

I did the free online prep and used a Barron's book. Both were useful to help me get back into the groove of standardized testing.

I took the adaptive test, and I overthought the math like whoa. I'm nervous about math (not stats, weirdly, but other math), so I kept being all, "Was that right? I wonder if that was right. [Next question] Is this harder or easier? Am I messing this up? I don't know. Crap. CRAP." I mean, I did well enough to get into grad school, so it was fine, but had I calmed the hell down and just focused, I would have done better, I think.